Rail-stay.



H'. H. SPGNENEURG,

RAIL STAY APFUCATION FILE() FEB. X4. 1916.

uzented Feb G, NHT.

2 SHEETS-SHEET l H. HU, SPONENBURG;

me. sAn v APPLICATIN FILED FEB. i4. 96.

Patented Feb. 6, mi?.

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.i -FFICE HIRM H. SPONENBURG, 0F GURNEE, ILLINOIS, ASSGNGR, *BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS,

To. oT'ro n. seminar,

To @lll whom it may' concern: i Y

-Be it known that I, HIRAM H. SPONEN- BURG, a citizen of the United States residing at Gurnee, in the county of'x Lake and State'. of Illinois, have invented'certainnew and useful Improvements in Rail-Stays, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates toa raily stay-that is, to4 a device for checking the tendency et' railroad rails to creep longitudinallyin the f direction of thev track, and more' particularly to a rail stay o the type employing a spring yoke or strap member as a part of the rail clamp :which extendsaronnd the base. of the railgand is strained when the devicey is 4applied to the rail so thatthe device takes a.

resilient hold on the rail'base, which is not detrimentally alicected by the contraction of the rail or by the vibrations tliereof incident lto the passage of trains or by other similar influences. A device of this general type is disclosed 1n my Patent Nop9945795, patentedY June 13, 1911, in which the spring member, which is in the form of a bowed spring with a hook at each end, 'extends from y one edge of the rail base to a tie abutting member engaging the other edge of the rail base, the intervening bowed portion of the yoke standing at some little distanceaway from and below the bottom of the rail. ``-he AobjectionP to this arrangement is that the middle portion of the spring yoke is likely to be brought into contact with the ballast, with the result that the spring is flexed or :flattened and the hold ofthe device on the rail thereby impaired. This condition may A be brought about by the vibration of the rail or the rail and the tie .under the impulses im.1

l parted tothe'rail byv the wheels as they pass over it; or-it may happen that the ballast will be permanently banked up under the Aspring yoke so that the device will not take at any time the firm hold on the rail necessary in order to check the creeping tendency thereof. l

One of the principal-objects of iny-inven- 'tion is to provide a device of this general type in which Lthe spring member is flexed at its lower point over a web or strut of one kind or another so that the' Contact with the ballast cannot produce any diminution in the spring action which the yoke exerts against the rail.

RAIL-STAY.

Specieaton of Letters Patent.

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AJ further object is to provide certain ar-v engaged with the other member, of the rail stay in such manner that any tendency on` the part of the rail toereep increases the y ratentedneb. e, 1.917. Application filed February 14, 1916. SeriaI N o. 73,170.

` force ol the spring action by which the engagement with the rail is effected, and

whereby the coengaging. elements of the. device are held in proper position with each other as against any influences tending to produce a retrograde'loosening movement of one with regard to Ithe other.

My invention consists in the novelv and improved constructions and arrangements shown in the drawings and which will be hereinafter described and 'claimed for car rying out the above stated objects, and such .other objects as will appear from the tol,l

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v incidentally, my invention seeks to pro vide a rail anchor which will be extremely light and at the same time strong and economical to` manufacture.'

The invention is illustrated in. the preferred embodiment in the accompanying dra-wings,.-wherein Figure 1 shows the device in elevation as applied to a rail, the latter being illustrated fragmento-lily in section. Fig. 2 is a plan view of a. rail fitted -with the rail stay of my invention and showing also the tie-*against which the device abuts. Fig. 3 is a sectional View on line 3`-3 of Fig. 2 and Figs.v l and are views in perspective of the members constituting this, the preferred embodiment of my invention. i

- lt will be realized that certain changes in the tor-rn, construction and relationship of the vparts might be inade Without departure from the principles of my invention. invention might be utilized in connection with' a .rail anchor'oonsisting of more than two parts.

vReferring to the drawings, the -rail is shown at 10 and one of the ties on which the rail is laid at 11.

The rail anchor vconsists'of a jaw member 12 and a spring yoke or strap 13. The jaw member 12 is adaptedjto embrace onel edge The or' the base flange of rail 10 and is preferi ably provided with a depending iange 14 which bears against-the face of tie v11. The jaw member is formed on its under side with a depending longitudinally extending web l which preferably increases in Width in the direction toward the tie abutting flange 14. The outer surface of the j ew member is preferably depressed slightly, es indicated in a somewhat exaggerated manner at 16 so as CII dit

e cnis around the base ol the to provide a seat forv the yoke 13, the purpose of this being to prevent any distnrbence of the operative relation between the yoke and jaw member. The 7oke is formed at one end with a hook 17 extending around the edge-of the reil base opposite to that embraced by jaw member l2 and at the other end with. n larger hook 18 which extends around the seid jew member. The part 19 mlliacent the hook l? preferably lies close to 'the under surface of the rail bese.

t about the middle of the rail the yoke takesn sharp downward bend -and passes around the Web l5. Fig. 3 illustratesv the manner in which the device is applied to the reil. The jaw member is first put in place, after which the yoke is hooked over the jew member. The dotted lines indicate the origi- .nstl set of the yoke. By forcing the hook 17 npiorer the edge of the rail base the yoke is flexed or strained over the web l5 so that it binds the jaw member to the rail by a resilient clamping action which may be of considerable power if the-yoke made of stili, henry spring steel. It will be observed that the yoke is flexed over the web at substantially its lovvermost point. This is not literally so in the construction shown in the drawings, but the bend in the yoke is so close to the web that the eil'ect is the same. Thot is, the spring pressure exerted by the yoke cannot be diminished if the device is brought into Contact with the ballast.

The web l5 is preferably wedge-shape, as shoivn-that is, its Width increases in the direction toward the tie against which the device is abutted ls'o thit if the rail starts to creepcarrying the yoke with it, the whole power of the device is increased, because the farther forward the yoke moves the more it ivill be exed.

I claim:

l. A. rail stay comprising two rail engaging members. one of which is elastic and tiexed over a web formed on theother so that the device takes a resilient hold on the rail.

2. rail stay comprising two rail engaging members, one of which is provided with a tie shutting portion and the other of-Which is elastic and flexed over mweh formed on the first-i'iai'ned member.

El. A rail stay comprising two rail engaging members. one oi" which is elastic and extends around the base of the rail, engages the other member and is iiexed over :i web on seid other member.

i fr rail stay comprising tiro rail engng ing member. one of which is elastic and exi rail, engages vpending web, and a a rail and formed with a 'the other member and is iiexed over a web located on the luider bor beneath the rail base. A

5. A rail sta-y comprisingA two rail engaging members, one of which is elastic and is flexed over :1 web formed on the under side of the other member beneath the rail base.

6. Arail stay comprising a jaw member adapted to embrace the edge of the base of a rail, and a spring yoke which is strained when applied to the. rail, having a rhook at one end engaging the rail base opposite seid jaw member, and a hookextending around and over the top of said jaw member.

7. A rail stay comprising it jaw member adapted to embrace one edge of the base of 'a rail and formed with af projecting web and a spring yoke extending around the rail base and seid jaw member which is flexed at a point intermediate its extremities over said Web.

8. A rail stay comprising a jaiv member adapted to embrace one edge of the rail base l of a rail and formed on the bottom with a. depending web, :ind a spring yoke having a hook at one end engaging the edge of the rail base opposite the jaw member, and a hook at the other end engaging said jaw member, the intervening portion of the yoke being flexed oversaid projecting web.

E). A rail stay comprising a jaw member side of the other mem- .adapted to embrace one edge of the base of a rail and formed onV the bottom with a depending Web disposed under and at a distance from the edge of the rail base, and a spring yoke having a hook at one end engaging the edge of the rail base opposite the jew member-` and a hook at the other end engaging said jaw member, the intervening portion of the yoke being flexed over said projecting web.

l0. A rail stay comprising a jai? member adapted to embrace one edge of the base of n rail and formed on the bottom With-a/ despring yoke having a engaging the edge of the rail base opposite lthe jaw member, and a. hook at the other end engaging said jaw. member, the intervening portion of the yoke being flexed over said projecting web, seid web extending longitudinally of the rail and increasing in Width in the direction of the tie against which said Web nbuts.

l1. A rail stay comprising a jaw member adapted to embrace one edge of the rail base, 120 formed on the bottom with a wedge-shaped longitudinally extendingl web, and a sprin yoke. engaging the rail at onefend and the je sv at the other, with the integ'nediate porhook at one end tion flexed over said web. l Y

l2. A rail stay comprising e jaw member adapted to embrace one edge of the base of tie abutting flange, and a spring yoke which is strained when applied to the rail, baring a hook et one i i end engaging the'opposite edge of the rail,

and a hook extending around and over the top of said jaw member.;

13. A railstay comprising a jaw inember adapted to embrace one edge of the rail base, formed on the bottom with a. wedgeshaped longitudinally extending web, and a spring yoke engaging the rail at one end and the Jaw at the other, with the intermediate portion flexed over said webhsaid jaw member formed with a depression providing a seat for said 'last-named hook, for

.the purpose described.

14. A rail stay comprising a jaw member adapted to embrace one edge of the rail base, and a spring yoke which is'y strained when applied to the rail, havnga hook at one end engaging the opposite edge of the rail base, and a hook extending around and over the topof said jaw member; said jaw member beingfeformed With a depression which provides a seat for saidlast-nanied hook.

15. A rail, stay comprising two rail engaging members, one engaging one edge of the base of a rail and the other being resilient and embracing the first-named member' and the opposite edge of the rail base, said irstnamed member being formed with a depression providing a seat for the resilient meer ber.

1 6. A rail stay comprising a jaw member adapted to embrace one edge of the base of a railand provided on tlie under sido with a surface downwardly inclined toward the face andengages said jaw member and the opposite eoge of the rail base.

17. A rail slay comprising two rail engaging members, one of which is elastic, extends around the rail base and a part of the other member and is flexed at substantially its lowest point over a part of said other member.

18. A rail stay comprising a jaw member formed with a tie abutting flange and on its under side with .a longitudinally extending `:web Which increases in Width toward said tie abutting flange, and a spring yoke having a hook extending around said jaw member, and a hook at the 'other end extending around the edge of the base of the rail opposite said jaw member, l the intervening portionof said yoke being flexed over said web.

19. A rail stay comprising a jaw member formed With a tie abutting', langeand on its under side with a longitudinally extending web, and a spring yokehaving a I hook extending around the edge of the'rail base opposite the jaw member, and a hook at the other` end extending around said jaw member, the portion of the yoke adjacent the first-named hook lying close to the under side of the rail base and the portion adjacent the other hook extending around and being flexed over'said web.

HIRAM H. SPONENBURG. 

